MEDICAL THORACOSCOPY : Technical Details - 11/06/21
Doi : 10.1016/S0272-5231(21)01002-9
Praveen N. Mathur, MB, BS a, ⁎, Philipe Astoul, MD b, Christian Boutin, MD b
a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Mediane, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
b Service de Pneumologie, Hospital de la Conception, Marseille, France
* Address reprint requests to Praveen N. Mathur, MB, BS, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, 1001 West 10th Street, OPW 425, Indianapolis, IN 46202-2879 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Department of Medicine Indiana University Medical Center 1001 West 10th Street OPW 425 Indianapolis IN 46202-2879
SUMMARY |
In summary, thoracoscopy offers several possibilities for diagnostic and therapeutic uses. Thoracoscopy helps in the diagnosis of pleural-based malignancy or tuberculosis with a high degree of accuracy when routine studies and closed needle pleural biopsies have failed. In patients in whom adequate visualization is possible, an unequivocal pathological diagnosis of benign diseases can be made with a specificity approaching 100%.22 Thoracoscopy is effective in the management of malignant pleural effusion16 and spontaneous pneumothorax.17
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Vol 16 - N° 3
P. 479-486 - settembre 1995 Ritorno al numero
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